Working solely from memory (no sketches or snaps), the exploration of recollection is an integral part of Tess Recordon’s working process. The landscapes she paints are re-imagined to best embody the feeling and essence of the places she has walking through and visited.

My techniques are unusual in that I rarely use a brush to make marks or lines. Paint is poured from jars and manipulated by tipping the canvas and pushed about with my fingers or rags. The multi layers of colour build up to add depth, movement and intensity.

I constantly explore and push for new effects to capture the soul of a place without the constraints of style. Each painting is therefore unique and specific to that place.

Whether the paint is poured, pigment added, sanded off or re-applied, the artistic process is not hidden from the viewer and can be seen under the final surface.

Tangible and abstract, the landscapes leave much to the viewer’s imagination.